Trainer:Vitaly Vinogradov, Co-Founder and CEO, i-Accelerator, Moscow. A pioneer in creating an innovative approach to cultivating and developing new enterprise start-ups. A professional lawyer & linguist by training, specializing in business development with both international (Big 4) consulting experience as well as banking and private equity fund management.

Topics for discussion:• Intellectual property types and their transfer• Formulating the strategies for IP protection / IP rights• The difference between patents and know how• International patenting process in Europe and North America• Intellectual property valuation• University R&D Commercialization - Does FZ 217 work? If not , how to fix it?

Trainer: Peter Nemoy, theater director & actor, teacher, systems analyst, business consultant, philosopher, theorist and theater practitioner. Founder & artistic director of the laboratory studies of game structures "Teatrika". He is the author of numerous works in theater and on television. An expert in the field of innovative creative technologies, a developer of educational programs in the sphere of management strategies for top managers and business owners

Topics for discussion:

The effectiveness of the creative environment and its impact on the economy. Analysis of the previous global experience. Science cities and cultural centers.

Tools of creative economy. The newest approach to team building and product creation in various fields of activities. Experience of McKinsey, Cirque du Soleil etc.

Interactive part. Analysis of several case studies presented at the forum, together with their developers. Tools & formation of an effective strategy. From idea to the investments.

Day Two will offer two programs to run in parallel:Zone 1 – a series of Roundtables and Master Classes for innovation entrepreneurs; Zone 2 will provide a closed venue for innovation teams to make their project Pitches to an Expert Panel for individual review and private feedback.

12.30 – 14.30 Workshop 2 “From the Lab to the Market - Building a Team which can succeed in raising Seed & Start Up Capital”

Trainer : Sergey Mitrofanov, CEO Brandflight, specialized in developing marketing, branding and sales strategies for Russian enterprises seeking to expand domestic and international market share. Has built extensive practical experience during the past 20 years in business development, using an academic foundation in economics &engineering together with an MBA from the Stockholm School.

Topics for discussion:• Building an effective team to lead product development and market intro• Who Should Lead the Venture Management Team?• The role of executive education in training venture management leaders• Success stories and Lessons learned in building teams• The Role of mentors in preparing Start Ups for the Real World

14.30 – 15.00 Networking 15.00 – 17.00 Master Class «Entrepreneurs Support Programs»Trainer: Vitaly Vinogradov, Co-Founder and CEO, i-Accelerator, Moscow. A pioneer in creating an innovative approach to cultivating and developing new enterprise start-ups. A professional lawyer & linguist by training, specializing in business development with both international (Big 4) consulting experience as well as banking and private equity fund management.

Topics for discussion:

Incubators and accelerators, types, status, goals and tasks

Terms of cooperation with i-Accelerator and other such support programs

Global best practices in technology commercialization, tech transfer and tax law formulation

Case Study about Corporate R&D investing in Federal Express (FedEx)

Zone 2

10.00 – 19.00 Innovation project presentations to Experts PanelA team of project evaluation experts of between 2-5 people will be formed and work from 10.00 to 19.00. This team will review individual project presentations, up to 10 minutes per presentation plus 10 minutes of feedback for each project team.

The team of experts will review between 15-20 individual projects during the day, which will have been pre-selected by the local technopark partner. The experts will make commercial viability assessment on each project anâ discuss the results with each team and provide immediate feedback.

The experts will select the top 5 projects which will qualify for the one-on-one consultations during Day 3. For up to one hour of individual consultations. Based on the results of the consultations, certain projects may be invited to join more intensive training and consulting assessments and support from MARCHMONT Business Lab in Nizhny Novgorod.